Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂eg-

This Proto-Indo-European entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-European

Root

*h₂eg-

1. to sin, violate, commit a crime

Derived terms

• Proto-Germanic: *akaną (“to ache”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Hellenic:
  • Ancient Greek: ἄγος (ágos, “guilt, dread”)
• Proto-Indo-Iranian:
  • Sanskrit: आगस् (āgas, “sin, transgression”)

References

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*akan- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 18